During cold weather fuel smell coming from engine and is leaking
Engine & cooling
2004 Subaru WRX Engine problems
Owners have filed 4 complaints about the 2004 Subaru WRX's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 10% of all its complaints, most recently on December 29, 2017. They describe 0 crashes, 0 fires and 1 injury. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 4
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Deaths
- 0
Engine complaints
Strong smell of raw fuel coming into passenger compartment during very cold outside temperatures. *Tr
When in freezing temperatures, my car is leaking gasoline in the engine compartment. Gasoline fumes are entering the passenger compartment causing nausea,dizziness and coughing (hence I am claiming/considering this as personal injury). I cannot always close the external vent because of fogging. This happens almost every time the temperature drops below freezing. Worse, I am afraid of the engine catching fire. I will take my car to the dealer for repairs. I just want to report this. *Tr
When I start my car when it is cold out 20 degrees or below my gas line near the fuel rail leaks on the passenger side of the engine until the car warms up. It leaks a little up to enough to pool on the engine..It worries me because it is on the turbo side of the engine with the exhaust which temperatures can reach up to 1500 degrees. The car could easily catch fire. It is a known problem in subaru impreza wrx models 02-05 and has been brought to subarus attention multiple times. *Tr
Subaru WRX engine complaints by year
WRX engine problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data